Raiders gain many yards, don't score many points

Updated 11:03 pm, Sunday, November 3, 2013

Terrelle Pryor scrambles in the second quarter for some of his 94 yards rushing on the day.

Terrelle Pryor scrambles in the second quarter for some of his 94 yards rushing on the day.

Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle

Raiders gain many yards, don't score many points

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The stat gurus will throw away Sunday's Raiders-Eagles box score and pretend it never happened.

The Raiders, 49-20 losers, actually outgained the Eagles 560 yards to 542. It's the third most yards ever for the Raiders (604 in a 1968 game, 626 in '64).

"We got killed," center Stefen Wisniewskisaid. "I know the stats look good, we moved the ball OK ... but we need to score more points. This is a game we need to win, playing against a team with a similar record, at home. ...

"And we got punched in the mouth."

Oakland couldn't establish the run game early - Darren McFaddenhad 12 yards on five carries before tweaking his hamstring - and was down 21-3 early in the second quarter.

The Eagles played a bend-but-don't-break style of defense from that point on, and Pryor was unable to cash in, throwing two interceptions and no touchdown passes.

"I think we pretty much stopped ourselves on offense," he said. "It was one of those games."

Blitz happy: Nick Foles finished 5-of-6 for 49 yards and three touchdowns against blitzes, his only incompletion coming on a Jason Avantdrop.

Raiders defensive coordinator Jason Tarverdialed up some softer zone defenses, and those didn't work either. Foles completed 17 of 22 passes for 357 yards against standard pressure, throwing as many touchdown passes (four) as he had off-target passes.

"We dropped into a three-man rush on a couple of those," Raiders head coach Dennis Allensaid. "We tried some five-man pressure. We tried some four-man pressure ... and really, at the end of the day, none of it worked."

Bright spots: Rookie Menelik Watson, back from a calf injury, came off the bench and looked pretty stout at right tackle in his NFL debut. And second-year receiver Juron Criner, active for the first time this season, had three catches for 32 yards.

"I was happy to be back out there," said Watson, the Raiders' second-round pick out of Florida State. "Good to get my hands on somebody. Good experience, but really disappointed in the result."

Turning point: No, not the opening kickoff. The Raiders had just scored to cut the deficit to 21-10 midway through the second quarter, and the crowd was getting louder after the original Foles-is-dealing shock.

The Eagles were called for holding and then for a false start and were facing 3rd-and-16 at their 14-yard line. Cal alum DeSean Jacksoncalmly ran his route 17 yards and caught the pass for a first down in front of cornerback Mike Jenkins.

"We were in a max drop there. ... That would have been a big stop for us," Allen said.